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Council adopts annual TIF/CRA review and repeals a TIF after developer did not proceed
Summary
Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2025-R43 accepting the Tax Incentive Review Council—indings on TIFs/CRAs and passed Ordinance 2025-10 to repeal a TIF at 808 East Turkey Foot Lake Road after the proposed development did not move forward.
The Green City Council on Oct. 14 adopted its annual review of tax-increment financing (TIF) and Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreements and repealed one existing TIF tied to a stalled project.
Chair of the Planning, Community and Economic Development Committee, Councilmember Davidis, said the Tax Incentive Review Council met Aug. 14 and recommended continuing the CRA with Saco Machinery while allowing the CRA previously tied to FedEx Freight to expire because it had met its agreement terms. Davidis said the committee reviewed 58 TIFs listed in the legislation's attachment and recommended continuing those that remain compliant. "Per Ohio Revised Code 5709.85," he said, the annual council review is required.
Davidis also explained that United Auto Wash (doing business as FC Wash) did not proceed with development at 808 East Turkey Foot Lake Road, so the city must repeal the prior TIF ordinance establishing that agreement. The committee moved to bypass the three-reading rule for both 2025-R43 and Ordinance 2025-10; both motions passed and the council adopted the measures by unanimous roll-call vote.
Davidis told council that if a new developer seeks a TIF at that parcel in the future, the council would need to pass a new ordinance on a parcel-by-parcel basis. No members of the public spoke on these items during the meeting.
